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[HTC EVO 3D] Jungle Jack:
Hello,

I honestly do not start many Threads, but after reading many 3D and Photon 4G Reviews, it really seems like many Reviewers have some unwarranted bone to pick with the 3D.

Could it be that this time the 3D's were not given away for free at a Google Conference? All I know is that the 3D improves upon the excellent 4G in every way, yet there have been several less than complimentary Reviews of the 3D.

With the 4G, countless Reviewers griped about the Battery Life. Now with a much larger Battery, Sense 3.0, a huge amount more Storage, and a qHD Screen, the 3D has received many less than complimentary Reviews whereas the Photon 4G has garnered almost uniform positive Reviews.

It just does not make sense. The 3D addressed almost every complaint about the 4G and it still has received mixed Reviews.

All I can say for those who are Exchanging their 3D for a Photon, enjoy having zero Developer Support, a Bootloader that might never be unlocked, and Motoblur.

Cheers,

JJ
[HTC EVO 3D] Drewmungus:
I agree every review I've read has made me want to punch the reviewer in the face at least twice. My only complaint is the new aspect ratio, I've got big hands though so this prolly isn't a general gripe.
[HTC EVO 3D] Lonewuhf:
I noticed that too. Not only do I see a lot of negative reviews, but having owned my 3d since release day, it seems like the negatives they talk about are all bull. Bad battery life? I use mine quite often during the day and as long as I charge it at night, I know I can use it all I want and will be fine until I go to bed the next day. The things they praise the Photon for are either exactly the same on the 3d, or better, so I don't get it.

I think people are bashing the phone solely because it has 3d, even though the phones a beast even if you never use it once.
[HTC EVO 3D] ffolkes:
I'd be curious to see links to reviews, as most I have seen are relatively neutral.
[HTC EVO 3D] poweroutlet:
I was initially concerned with the reviews too, but after having the device for a while I can very honestly say that you can safely ignore them. Most of these reviewers are a bunch of blithering morons anyway, especially Myriam Joire of Engadget. That idiot is convinced that the Evo 3d is made of cheap materials, a worse camera than the Evo 4g and that 3d is a terrible curse that will damn the Evo 3d to hell no matter how good of a phone it is without the 3d feature.

All the guys who criticize the 3d feature seem to forget that 3d or not, this phone is a beast. Now with S-off and root, I can't wait to crush all the other phones :cool:
[HTC EVO 3D] poweroutlet:
I get the same feeling haha.
[HTC EVO 3D] Flonkas:
I never listen to those moron reviewers but the problem is there the ones that make or break the decision for a lot of average consumers.
[HTC EVO 3D] Drewmungus:
I think the battery life is very impressive. Far better than my Evo 4g ever was(mostly).

XDA should have device reviews, maybe we could get some unbiased reviews, well maybe not. But they would be biased to us at least!
[HTC EVO 3D] Jungle Jack:
Hello,

I am glad I was not imagining things, I definitely take Professional Reviews with a grain of salt,As for some of the Reviews I speak of, PC Magazine, Engadget, and I will come up with others in the Morning as I have been up since 5 AM Monday,

Cheers,

JJ
[HTC EVO 3D] jgalan14:
Well they expect a big leap from 2010 evo 4G and since most of them have play with the Samsung galaxy s 2 they think the evo 3d should be much more, besides specs and the gimmicky 3d "like they call it" and there is no way to beat 4G and 4.3inch screen anymore so there is not way it will score as high as the evo 4G, i'm happy with mine so far

If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d :P
[HTC EVO 3D] kawaski47:
Root was achieved on the photon today :-).

I have the photon. There are many things I like about this phone that i didn't like about the 3vo. (owned one for a couple weeks). I'm still within my 30 to make my final choice 3vo or p4g. For me, it comes down to the developing community and if I really mod that much. I mean on my OG I found a rom that i liked and didn't really have an interest in any others for the rest of the time I used it. But everyone is different and that's why we have choices.
[HTC EVO 3D] felacio:
The thing I love most about the reviewers and everyone saying they wont buy one because 3D is a gimmick...

...you all realize that you aren't being charged extra for the 3D feature right? You don't have to use it at all... You know that right?

So they all would have gladly paid the same 199 to omit the 3D feature? But throw that in for free and its no longer worth it?

That logic doesn't compute..

Example:

Seller:"Hey, this new bad ass phone has a dualcore, qHD screen and 1GB of RAM!!"

Buyer:"Whoa. Awesome"

Seller:"And it comes with a free case!"

Buyer:"What? I won't ever use that...nevermind I don't want it...that's dumb"

Are we not Phones?

We are EVO

ARE WE NOT PHONES?!

3.Dee.V.O.
[HTC EVO 3D] obZen33:
Agree, I was a little apprehensive before buying mine due to the negative reviews but can now say there was a lot of unwarranted criticism.
[HTC EVO 3D] LoveisPeace2012:
Its because the galaxy is converting people left and right
[HTC EVO 3D] akiradavis:
This is truly how I feel about professional reviewers bashing a free 3D option on a beast phone
[HTC EVO 3D] beyond882001:
I think its because of expectations really. Everyone wanted to see a huge increase in everything(when there really is) but no one seems to notice because the EVO was such a beast. I would say its getting the same reviews as the iPhone 3gs did when it came out to the 3G. But **** all the bad reviews this **** is a BEAST!
[HTC EVO 3D] fsalazar504:
Ya I agree, I was really gonna hold back on getting this phone but after owning it for 2 weeks so far I love it. The reviews aren't all bad but the cons they try to come up with are ridiculous. I think the one I remember the most is one of the reviewers tried to say "the power button" annoyed him...haha seriously? The power button was a big issue on the 3D :confused:? Sometimes I think they just want to make up negatives to feel powerful.
[HTC EVO 3D] ktrotter11:
Isn't that a creative way to root some ish lol..... I applaud those involved
[HTC EVO 3D] sailow:
haha, the power button annoyed me for the first couple of days. It was just too easy to press. I've gotten over it.

Another thing that bothered me were the sensitivity of the capacitive buttons. (My last phone was the TP2, so i don't much about how its suppose to be)

I've gotten over that as well.

The only thing that bothers me now, is the charge port is on the bottom when watching videos in landscape. If someone knows how to change that, lmk, thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] tufeijoe:
Recently, I compile the kernel version of 2.6.32 based on Kernel source from Huawei V858.

Everything works except the wifi. The ar6002.ko cannot be insmod.

Then I compiled the Artheros kernel from Huawei website. It cannot insmod too.

But after merge these 5 symbols in msm_sdcc.c, it can be loaded, and 1.2V pull up success.

But Wifi still cannot be bring up. And ar6000_avail_ev seems not called.

Anyone has any idea?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Brundonm:
Word on the street there's a HUGE project going on! I haven't heard the details but it will be the best out of all of the SK ROMS we have!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] tylermaciaszek:
whos in charge of the project?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] xmeatizmurderx:
You canadians get excited over anything
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] tylermaciaszek:
is this a team rev project?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] xmeatizmurderx:
We have a lot of projects going on, I dunno if he is talking about one of ours or one of ayoteddy's or maybe even something I haven't seen yet, I know sduvick was working on gingerbread but I thought he might have given up. Either way, it's best to not get excited over speculation
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] tylermaciaszek:
i was told of a ported OC kernel by revolution
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sduvick:
Revolution is waiting on a couple different devs to respond back about an OC kernel, I'm working on compiling AOSP 2.2, Ayo is testing out his MIUI styled rom, there's your news.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] badboi_zero:
Now that's a reliable source I can bank on.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
Then maybe one day we can see all of them together with an AOSP MIUI Rom w/ a OC Kernel.. maybe lol
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Brundonm:
To be honest all I've been hereing is th OC kernal and that a really big project going on by some big dev idk who it is yet tho
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sduvick:
there's 3 possible devs for the oc kernel, noone has officially accepted it yet.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Brundonm:
One no we don't, two why bag on canadians, three ur name sounds like ur a veggitarian
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sduvick:
P.S. Mr. super excited about an OC kernel, I made one, and I wasn't any of the 3 devs Revolution was waiting on, even if it's not a fully stable kernel
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smilingcruel:
Hi,

previsouly i used GMail app which later i found that it does miss a important functionality - NOT ABLE TO ATTACH DOCS - so i dumped it....

after that i moved to Stock email app which i found very nice and clean in terms of UI and performance. but now i have found that its not syncing the subfolders / lables in gmail id....Also if i opne the subfolders the little refresh button will spin and it will then show the new mails, but it wont show any new email count in the sub folders as it shows in the inbox....

any one encountered this, or is anyother way to resolve this issue.....i am on stock rom itself....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smilingcruel:
Any one pls help me !!!.....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smilingcruel:
Hey guys any one pls. :-)

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] don_alberto:
it's not possible with stock mail

try k9 or thunder something...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
I can attach any file to Gmail with "Root Explorer" app popping up a an option for attaching. I use "Download All Files" app for download attachments to phone or sdcard.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Denny_Tong:
Also having the same issue with the default email client on my Galaxy S2.

Looking for an app that can sync emails (including subfolders), contacts, calender entries and tasks (for MS Exchange)

Any suggestions?
[HTC EVO 3D] ceabbott2:
Hi Everyone,

I just posted this over in development but I thought maybe Q & A would be better.

Revolutionary and Soff but at the end it asked if I wanted to flash CWM (I didn't see that in the instrctions), I did and it said success. Now I renamed the twrp file to PG86IMG.zip already and it is on the root of my sd card. Is this step even necessary if it already flashed CWM successfully (supposedly)? At this point I am at the hboot screen and I stopped so as not to screw anything up. I apologize guys I am almost finished I promise to stay out of the way after I complete the last couple of steps.

I apologize for bothering you I was just scared to move at this point.

Charles

:confused:
[HTC EVO 3D] aimbdd:
It won't mess anything up, but no it is not necessary.
[HTC EVO 3D] ceabbott2:
I couldn't find the thanks button?

Ok so I just go straight into the recovery select toggle usb and then rename the PG86IMG.zip to PG86IMGShooter.zip, then

Flash root zip:

Download the superuser file from here or my mirror here. Put it on your phones SD card. Press power to unmount, select Apply update from zip and press power. Select Choose zip from SD card and press power. Find the superuser zip and press the power button. After the zip is applied you will be returned to the previous menu. Select Reboot System and wait for your phone to boot back up.

Is that correct?

Thank you so much aimbdd!

OK I think I can get it if I can get into recovery from the FASTBOOT USB screen. Do I want to select FASTBOOT USB or BOOTLOADER, REBOOT, REBOOT BOOTLOADER or POWER DOWN?

Thanks again everyone

Charles
[HTC EVO 3D] k2buckley:
That is correct. As long as your recovery is working. When I let the revolutionary program flash clockwork, it said it was successful but did not work. I would just hang at the htc screen when trying to boot to recovery. So I downloaded the PG86IMG.zip of TWRP recovery, put it on my sd card, and flashed that.

But yes, once you have the recovery all set, the method you just posted by aimbdd is correct and should work just fine.
[HTC EVO 3D] ceabbott2:
Thank you k2buckley

OK So I guess that is a known issue with the CWM part of Revolutionary. Is there a way to check I guess power down and then hold volume button down see what comes up? I'm going to flash the twrp file if I get stuck will you be on for a few more minutes?

I wish I could thank you but there isn't a button? I don't know why?

Thank you k2buckley

Charles
[HTC EVO 3D] k2buckley:
Yes, I'll be on for a bit. I'm always checking in here, I must be sick or something. Anyways, yea I think quite a few people experienced clockwork not flashing correctly. Yes, you can check to see if you have recovery. Pull your battery, then put it back in. Hold your power button and volume down button simultaneously until your hboot screen pops up, then let go. Then select recovery, and see if you boot into clockwork. If it hangs at htc screen, that means that clockwork failed to flash. In that case, pull the battery, and boot up if you can. Put the PG86IMG.zip of TWRP recovery on the main directory of your sd card (not in any folders). Be sure it's named correctly. For your ease, I'll upload my copy which is already named properly. Just put it on your sd card, then boot to the bootloader. It'll ask you to update. Then press volume up to say yes. Then reboot. THen go back to your bootloader and select recovery. You should now successfully boot into TWRP. At that point, flash the su zip file you've downloaded so you'll have super user, busy box, and su. Then you'll be fully rooted and good to go.

EDIT: and no worries about the thanks. If you're not seeing the thanks button, and you're actually on the XDA website, and not the app....then most likely you need to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the screen, and look to the left side. You'll see a spot that says "XDA Classic". Change that to "XDA 2010", and you should then have the thank you button appear.
[HTC EVO 3D] ceabbott2:
I Have CWM Recovery v4.0.1.4

I have CWM so now I need to hook it up to the laptop and toggle usb and then flash the su file?

I promise to use all of my thanks tommorrow or later if I can figure out why I can't see them. I am used to it ont the XDA app but not on my computer.

Thank you sir!

Charles

Oh how do I make a nandroid of my stock barely rooted HTC Rom?

Do you know if you were connected to the internet when it asked if you wanted to flash CWM? or do you think it was a fix that was added in recently to Revolutionary?
[HTC EVO 3D] k2buckley:
Yes, since you have clockwork, just flash the su file. For sure. If you look at my last post, I edited it, and think I know why your thanks button doesn't show up. Check it out. And no worries about the thanks, seriously. Save em for the developers! :) I think you needed to be connected to the internet when it flashed clockwork so it downloaded. not sure though.
[HTC EVO 3D] ceabbott2:
That was it!

Yep switched to 2010 thank you struck accordingly. Umm I haven't used CWM in a long time. I was on Amon Ra for a while with my Evo. Do you know which one is the toggle USB? Is it mount / sd card, mount / system or mount USB storage?

Thank you k2buckley.... YOU R D Man!

Charles:D

Oh yeah I'm typing on the wifes PC so that is why it was on classic been a long time since I used her PC.
[HTC EVO 3D] k2buckley:
You're very welcome,

I was also on Amon Ra for the Evo. With clockwork you will choose 'mount USB storage" I believe. I haven't used CWM in forever, but that seems to be correct.

Glad you're getting it all squared away
[HTC EVO 3D] ceabbott2:
Superuser zip

Umm do I make a nandroid before or after I flash the Superuser 2.3.6.3 file?

If so do you remember how on clockwork?

Sorry but I'm just barely above the IGNORAMOOSE Scale ion the cracker barrel golf tee game :o

Sorry but if it explains anything I play a Firefighetr on TV!

Thanks

k2buckley

Charles
[HTC EVO 3D] k2buckley:
haha. I don't remember exactly how to create a backup on clockwork. Personally, I made my backup after I flashed the su file, that way the backup I created was fully rooted with su, super user, and busybox installed already. So I'd flash the su file, then create your backup. I only used clockwork for like the first week I had my original Evo 4G, then switched to Amon. So I think in order to create the backup, you choose 'create backup', or 'nandroid backup', or backup, or something like that. I apologize, but I'm really not sure.
[HTC EVO 3D] ceabbott2:
Back up

OK so I go ahead and flash the superuser file the do I reboot and let the phone power on download updated busy box then go back to CWM and create a nandroid of "stock" or current ROM or should I do the nandroid after the SU file flash before I reboot?

This should be my last question. I was going to do a little "wrestling" with the management so I need to hurry up before she falls asleep:D

thank you again k2buckley for holding my hand

Charles
[HTC EVO 3D] k2buckley:
You're welcome. Never a problem.

Yes, flash the su file. I would not update busy box or download any different versions or whatever. Just roll with the one that is included in the su file you're going to flash. I've had problems before from downloading busy box from the market, for whatever reason. Once you flash that file, boot up, and make sure everything is working okay. Be sure you have the super user app in your app drawer, and try some root apps to make sure that they are properly granted SU access. After you confirm everything is okay, boot back into clockwork and create your backup. You'll then be good to go.
[HTC EVO 3D] ceabbott2:
Thank you again

Great! If this works I'm going to make her scream YOUR Name!:p Joking I don't want to offend anyone.

Thank you going to reboot and try TB and MyBack up.

Charles
[HTC EVO 3D] k2buckley:
LMFAO! That's a riot. Have fun, don't make her wait too long! I always put my phone down when the girl is in the mood....don't want to risk making her wait to long and then hearing her tell me to eff myself! hahaha.
[HTC EVO 3D] ceabbott2:
I'm IN!

It worked I'M IN!!!;)

I'll post tomorrow the results:D

Thank You
[XPERIA X10 General] kantk20111:
..after seeing how bad the Desire GB update is

I thank them, obviously, for giving us GB, but not only that:it's rock stable. While motorola and HTC absolutely suck at giving stable official ROMs, SE and Samsung always give really stable and fully working ROMs.

Sure, they're not the most professional company in the world, and they were dicks to us X10 users before march 2011, but now they're a new company which has had a complete overhaul.

So I think before people complain about the GB update, they should realise how good we have it compared to the competition. The Desire came out the same time as the X10 but look at the mess it got! SE pretty much gave us the Arc ROM minus a few goodies, and put it back on par with other 2011 phones. HTC screwed Desire users with this update.

So thanks SE for making such a stable and fast and up to date ROM for such an old phone :)
[XPERIA X10 General] negrobembon:
Yeah it was a good job from SE(still an unhappy x10a user) but its still nice they made the effort of giving us a good update instead of a crappy ass slow port to shut our mouths
[XPERIA X10 General] BingoRingo:
I'm happy with my X10a now. It was okay with 2.1 but when I installed FreeX10 with 2.2 then it became a really good phone.

I can't wait to try 2.3.3 on this phone, and hopefully a vanilla version like FreeX10 but for Gingerbread will come soon.

But I also think they improved by a thousand miles since the days when they decided not to release anything after 2.1 with missing features (remember back then there was no dual touch).

Now if I had to get a new phone I'd consider the Xperia ARC although I'd probably go with the Nexus S.
[XPERIA X10 General] marksee:
I am using wolfs gingerbread on my x10a ... all is going well for me. Why are you not updating yours to 2.3 roms? i read that it does not matter if its x10a or x10i as long as you flash the right band on it?
[XPERIA X10 General] UltraNEO*:
Er... Read some stuff, dunno do I trust people so much now.. but does the camera work?
[XPERIA X10 General] kantk20111:
Yes it does...
[XPERIA X10 General] negrobembon:
I want the supposedly optimized x10a version, i have no pc so its a one shot flash, cause theres only one place i can do it, one time only
[XPERIA X10 General] gaolinde:
look at the older and cheaper n1 and what capable of...

SE made a lot of poor decision and the result is my X10 has cripple for 15 months since i bought it. so i won't respect SE and I seriously doubt that i will purchase any SE device further.
[XPERIA X10 General] isthisreallife:
The battery life is what that amazed me most.Yes,it is slower than custom ROMs but gives you a overall a better experience.:D
[XPERIA X10 General] aosi:
that true, has some bugs but im not using the X10a Update ¬¬... well til comes this GB from xda its reaaallly good everything, well timescape FC all the time but i dont use it really so 4.5 stars of 5 =D
[XPERIA X10 General] JazzLOCO:
Panama buddy, I'm living in the "S recostada" as well, and I installed the custom WB rom, works just fine for me... Lemme tell ya, it is perfect! Just says X10i, that's all, but it works with the Panamanian frequencies, no problem here!
[XPERIA X10 General] Saeen:
I am really happy person in the world by getting just like brand new X10i with Motorola Milestone in trade & GB is awesome part of it. Motorola is poor at giving updates as there 2.2.1 was damn slow and fully of DSI errors. Thank God I got rid of it. I'll never ever consider buying Motorola devices instead I'll go with SE & Samsung. [(My brother own Galaxy S & he's happy with it ;)]
[XPERIA X10 General] JazzLOCO:
I think so... :D
[XPERIA X10 General] denkly:
for the time being stock rom is such a crap, cause i cant listen music, it lags a lot during locking and unlocking the phone, it always lags than I you gallery, during screen rotation etc. hope soon we will see a nice custom rom without all this crapy lags.
[XPERIA X10 General] kantk20111:
my friend, if you think those things are what makes a ROM crap, you have waaayyy too high expectations.:p

Check out HTC and motorala phones. Their updates are plagued with random reebots, overheating, terrible battery and UI bugs. This is nothing. Our battery has become better, no random reebots so far and the phone is cool for me :)
[XPERIA X10 General] zodiac100:
Before you guys start singing SEs praises, I would like to remind you that the update was out of necessity and not a good will gesture. HTC had loads of software options to chose from when upgrading the desire to gingerbread but unfortunately for desire users the went with sense 2.1....a decision I fear they will come to regret. SE on the other hand had only one option with regard to software. They had to go with the new generation software because writing new software for the x10 would have been time consuming and they could not stick to that very laggy crap we had with 1.6 and 2.1. A downgraded version of the Arc software was their only choice once the decision to upgrade to gingerbread was taken.

All in all, whatever the permutations and combinations may be, x10 users can be very happy because our upgrade is the best. The old adage "its not where you begin but where you finish that counts" springs to mind like a joker with a really big mouth.
[XPERIA X10 General] chris7617:
for those complains if they tried motorola (eg Xt701, 720) they'll know what is real sucks, especially region outside from US :p
[XPERIA X10 General] deepthroat:
Yes, I second this ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] coolsid8:
Seriously, The ROM is just awesome !!

So smooth and the best mobile camera ( Except Arc ).